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Different groups of volunteers in Dublin city on Monday evening.Source: Cormac Fitzgerald/TheJournal.ieIT'S 7.30 ON a cloudy Monday evening and I'm sitting with Dougie Hobson in the meeting room of old Trinity Church building on Lower Gardiner Street.
The towering Protestant Episcopal Church was first opened in 1839 before it became a Labour Exchange for almost a century. These days, it's used as a meeting place for the various activities of the Trinity Church Christian group.
Dougie's telling me about the work of the Mustard Seed Soup Run, which goes out around Dublin city every Monday night giving out food and supplies to the homeless population.
Volunteers in red hi-vis jackets take to the streets with pull trolleys laden down with coffee pots, sandwiches, pot noodles, sleeping bags, clothes, wipes and other provisions to hand out.
Everyone involved with the soup run is a volunteer, giving up their time and evenings to help those less fortunate.
"We all love it and we've very committed and we all love the guys and girls that we look after," Dougie tells me.
They're absolutely lovely. Our clients - we call them our friends actually - our friends, they're absolutely brilliant.
The Mustard Seed Soup Run (it takes its name from a biblical passage) was set up in 2006, in response to what church members saw as a growing need among homeless people on the streets of Dublin.
It's one of at least seven soup runs that go out around Dublin city on a Monday night.
The Trinity building.Source: Cormac Fitzgerald/TheJournal.ieSoup runs
After we finish talking, I thank Dougie and tell him that I will catch up with the soup run later.
I leave the towering building to pick up my bike where I left it and start cycling down towards O'Connell Street.
I'm out on a mission. For the last few years I've noticed an increasing number of soup runs and food stalls appearing on the streets of Dublin - handing out food and supplies to the ever-growing number of homeless people.
I want to talk to the people behind the groups, ask them why they do it, and settle a niggling question at the back of my mind: are so many soup runs really necessary?
I reach the GPO on O'Connell Street in time to see volunteers setting up tables behind the historic columns.
A crowd of people - men, mostly, but women and mothers with small children too - are forming a queue as volunteers in blue jackets bring pots of steaming food and set them up on the table.
A queue forms at the GPOSource: Cormac Fitzgerald/TheJournal.ieThe sun has come out by now and it's a bright evening as the group of at least 50 people queue for food. Irish stew, chicken curry, pasta and mince are all on the menu for dinner. One volunteer goes about the crowd with hot water offering tea and coffee.
Next to the table of food, a separate crowd gathers around two volunteers at a table of various items of clothing. People in ragged clothes sort through jeans, t-shirts, jumpers, jacket looking for something that fits.
A small child screams to its mother in its pram. At one point, a woman screams that she was pushed; a man shouts, "Do you want to go off in the ambulance?" to another. But aside from these incidents the mood is relaxed, the atmosphere friendly.
I get talking to Brian Murphy - one of the volunteers. The group is called Hope for Homeless, a fully volunteer-run organisation set up nearly two-and-a half years ago.
"We just set it up in response to the growing number of homeless people," Brian tells me.
He says that there are different groups set up outside the GPO every single night, and Hope For Homeless are there on Mondays.
"A lot of us were in town on a regular basis and we could see more and more homeless people on the streets and it was quite obvious that there was a big issue," he says.
We're not changing the world or anything but it's just something small to try and help what's a much bigger problem.
Brian says that the people they feed are "incredibly appreciative of the service that's being provided for them".
"A lot of the time people that come on the soup run it's not just a matter of food, they also want to have a chat with somebody. They don't get an opportunity to speak to people all day long so it's an opportunity to speak to someone and listen to someone," he says.
I think that is hugely important. I think they've been ignored so much in general society it's great to have someone that can come and even just for a couple of minutes have a chat with them.
Similar to when I went out on a soup run last year, I'm reminded once again of the words of Tony Gill – a homeless poet who lived in Dublin until his death in 2004.
In his poem Today, Tony speaks briefly about the loneliness and isolation of living on the streets:
Today I spoke to no one,
And nobody spoke to me.
Am I dead?
But does it help?
I say my goodbyes to Brian and head across the river towards Dame Street, where I know another group is setting up a food stall.
By my count, there are at least 16 different groups or organisations that give out food and supplies on the streets of Dublin city on a regular basis.
Some do it seven nights a week, others on set days. Some set up stalls, others walk around the city. Some are religiously motivated, but the majority are just grassroots community groups set up to respond to what they see as a need on the streets.
I don't meet Dublin Simon volunteers tonight, but I know they're out. So including them and the groups I meet, I count at least seven separate groups handing out food in Dublin on Monday evening.
Back in January, I interviewed Dr Beth Watts – a senior research fellow at Heriot Watt University and expert on homeless policy studies.
Dr Watts argues that the response of people to feed and clothe the homeless may not always be the best response when they see a need.
“If you’re interested in making the most difference, you might say there’s an obligation not just to volunteer, not just to do anything but to do the thing that helps the most,” Watts told TheJournal.ie.
She argues for something called "effective altruism" - meaning people should look towards not just giving to a good cause or wanting to help, but instead work towards an actual solution to the problem.
“The general sense you get that the only things that are required here are good intentions and maybe some innovative ideas – that this is all unquestionably good, unquestionably morally praiseworthy and unquestionably helps people who are homeless," she said at the time.
I just think that is not sufficient.
Growing
At the Central Bank I'm greeted by a similar sight to the GPO - a stall set up with lots of food and clothes, and volunteers doling them out to a large group of gathered people.
Again the food is being handed out and eaten, there is a pile of clothes for people to sort through, and again people seem appreciative.
People gathering at the Central BankSource: Cormac Fitzgerald/TheJournal.ieKeira Gill is moving among the volunteers and the homeless people eating the food - talking with ease to everyone and listening to the stories she's being told.
She's the founder of A Lending Hand, which hands out food every Monday night.
Keira set up the group with other volunteers five years ago in 2013 for the same reason everyone decides to volunteer - as a response to seeing a need on the streets.
As time passed, they saw the demand for their service grow.
"There was only about 70 people then [when we first started]," Keira tells me.
"The longer we stayed the more the demand grows. We have seen it grow from like 70 a night to like 250 a night," she says.
Keira and A Lending Hand liaise with the other soup runs and stalls in Dublin, so that they can coordinate efforts and their approach.
I ask her the same questions - why she started, does it take its toll, are all these soup runs needed?
"It's very much needed. It is. I know people probably look and say, 'there's loads of them out there doing it', but their wouldn't be loads of us if it wasn't needed," she says.
But Keira has been doing this for a long time, and she has a viewpoint that many people who hand out food and clothes to homeless people have - which is the desire to do more.
A student of sociology and social policy at Trinity College Dublin, Keira sees a need to effect real, lasting change from a community level.
"We're trying to build a grassroots movement so that we will have more of an impact than just a soup run," she says.
Not that being just a soup run isn't amazing - but I definitely want to do more.
I'm reminded of Inner City Helping Homeless who I went out with last year and who will be back on the streets later tonight. Initially set up as a soup run, the charity has now grown to do a lot of advocacy work on behalf of homeless adults and families.
People start by handing out food, but before long many will see how they can help people out of homelessness rather than help them in homelessness - effective altruism.
Direct action
I say bye to Keira and the volunteers and head back towards my bike. On the way, I bump into another soup run - this one made up of a group of Polish Christians giving out tea, coffee, soup and spreading their belief.
I don't spend too long chatting to them, and head off on my bike towards Grafton Street, on the off-chance I might bump into another group.
It's not long before I come across yet another soup run on Suffolk Street. This time, the group is called Feed Our Homeless, and is run by an energetic man named Tony Walsh.
Tony used to be homeless himself, and set up the group about 18 months ago to help others in the same situation he used to be in.
While the origin stories are different for Dougie, Keira, Brian and Tony and all the other hundreds of volunteers, the motivation is the same - a desire to help those less fortunate.
After I take my leave of Tony, I come across a homeless man, Glen, sitting in a shop doorway on Grafton Street.
Glen's been homeless for more than three years. He says that the homeless hostels are dangerous and full of drug users, so he sleeps on the streets instead.
For Glen, the soup runs provide an important lifeline for him, and a connection to the wider world.
"Otherwise you... wouldn't basically have anything only for them they're a very good service they are," he says.
It would be very difficult without them.
Glen says that "it's a hard life" on the streets and the supplies and food given by the soup runs make it that bit easier.
"Otherwise you wouldn't have the food and you wouldn't have the sleeping bags and basically you'd be lying there in cardboard covering yourself," he says.
Closing time
Back on my bike, a cycle over the river again back to the north side where I come across the Mustard Seed Soup Run on O'Connell Street at the GPO.
It's about 10 o'clock and getting dark. Hope for Homeless have left by now, with no sign that just over an hour ago the GPO had been full of people eating freshly cooked meals.
Dougie isn't with the soup run, but the group of six they let me fall in with them as they do their rounds.
It's the same story - the group hands out Pot Noodles, tea, coffee, sandwiches. As they walk down Henry Street, the stop to talk to people along the way.
A man tells them about just getting out of hospital, another man on a bike talks about the distance he has to cycle.
People are appreciative and grateful. Later, Inner City helping Homeless volunteers will walk the same paths handing out tea and coffee and food to those who want it.
Tomorrow, entirely different groups of volunteers will set up stalls at the GPO and Central Bank, while others will walk the streets.
I leave the volunteers to head home and am reminded of something Keira said to me at Central Bank:
"We're ordinary citizens. We don't do anything that spectacular that others couldn't do, do you know?
"And I think that if everyone was just a bit kinder we'd have a much nicer world to live in. The reason we're here is just to bring a little bit of humanity back."
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Well done Colorado. I would rather see people happy and stoned than angry and drunk……
I like people happy and drunk.
Of course you do Jack
Join rehabs for trying to make drugs cool. If you’re all so in favour of it reveal your true identities!
We’re talking marijuana here, not cocaine or heroine.
Don’t be afraid! Reveal yourself! But no you won’t because you’re just poo talking pot heads.
It’s not armed robbery ye fool it’s smoking a reef…
Regulating all cannabis industries is a fantastic move for Irelands economy.
What are you on Joe?, oh I forgot its closing time, time for pisshead logic!.
Joe I’m in favour of it. If you’ve done your research you’d see there are an astounding amount of reasons why it should be legalised. The only reason that props up for the downside is people who liken cannabis to heroin or coke.
We should legalize, regulate and tax it in Ireland using the same model they’re using in Colorado
Definitely. We should definitely not wait to see if it’s effective, rather let’s just have a knee jerk reaction. It’s the only way. Sure what could go wrong?
Not going to happen for a good while yet. Still too backward in this country.
It’s bad enough that we have a nation full of pi$$heads without them going around stoned out of their heads as well.
Disagree Conor. I don’t trust Irish people to be responsible with it. They’ve shown they have little self control with intoxicating substances and this would be no different.
Until we’ve solved our existing problems with substances, I would be extremely hesitant.
What works in Colorado won’t necessarily work here.
Tom, decriminalisation has already worked in several places. And before they made it illegal, people in the US were able to pay their taxes in pot..
It’s a much more unnatural and problematic situation to have it classed as an illegal drug.
Just watch as there are scrambles by vested interests to try and create problems where there are none with these initiatives, after all – it is ENTIRELY because of corporate vested interests that it was made illegal in the first place.
But they do anyway Bruno, except it’s bought on the black market! We might as well make it legal and tax it, just like alcohol and cigs!!
It can’t get more common and if it cuts down on our major problem with Alcohol then it will be a blessing.
If alcohol has though us anything it is that people Irish people cannot control themselves when it comes to their use of recreational drugs. Legalise Cannabis and half the country will be walking around in a zombie like state within a month.
Not really a fair argument Liam, you dont personally know everybody in ireland so you cant make a blanket statement like that. Secondly, it not really a trust issue, its about health, pot is non toxic and just plain safer than alcohol. There are thousands of pot smokers in ireland and i still have yet to see pot smokers cause violence/vandalism trouble outside pubs and clubs and clog up A&E’s around the country at weekends like drinkers do…..
Thats makes no sense???? Are you saying that half the population will suddenly give up work/ college/ family and become full time pot smokers???? Alcohol is a legal rec. drug and most people still act responsibly and balance it….
I havent seen any zombies in Amsterdam, colorado, or washington st….. have you?
Those who would buy pot for recreational uses are already doing so. They’re just buying an untaxed and unregulated product.
This is unfortunately funding people that we all – tokers and anti drug campaigners alike – would prefer to see without this source of income.
Cause Amsterdam hasn’t been around long enough?
Typical :) You can’t control yrself so I’m not allowed. B%#ch please!
^response to Liam post
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Well it’s worked pretty well in Amsterdam up until now
@ Kieran Flub Fanning. You do know that things have changed in Holland, don’t you?
Have they? Everyone I know who’s been there recently and (judging by the photos on Facebook) are there at the moment are having no trouble getting served in the coffee shops..
Yes, for tourists. Business same as usual for residents. Oddly enough there has been no negative effect on society there. No increased drug problems, no increased crime… Imagine that!
And pretty much reverted back to the way it was before… Business as usual…
Would also ease pain for many, instead of popping 10 meds a day of god knows what from big Pharma.
Aunty s , would be swinging her hips if it happened here. Reduced crime income
Once they pop a few dope pills they’ll be snuffing heroin up there nose every day
Slippery slope
Lol – it’s a pity that is essentially the extent of drug education in this country.. Poorly informed and based entirely upon assumption rather than evidence..
Don’t see a problem with it
It’s a dirty drug that sucks users of any ambition or drive. I have a cousin who does nothing but sit around and get stoned all day watching crap on his computer.
Statistically the majority of users are in high level employment or 3rd level education.
You’re cousin is gonna be doing nothing with his life regardless if he’s stoned or drunk
Dead right, some on here seem to think that the legalisation of cannabis is going to solve all the nations problems…
Well it’s not, unless your a brain dead stoner whose ambition in life is to live in cloud cuckoo land.
Darth care to actually cite these statistics?!
Legalising pot has far more benefits than just recreational..
It’s a medicinal product, it’s nutritional, it grows fast and the plant can be used to manufacture pretty much anything except metal and glass.
You can make fabrics (see Mings lovely suit?), building materials (save on trees that take longer to grow – thus saving forests), biofuels, biodegradable plastics (how much benefit to our environment would that yield?), paper (again – think of the environmental impact) – are you getting the picture yet?
But by all means, keep preaching your reefer madness based ignorance..
Ye Darth, didn’t think so.
@Shanti you make all that stuff with hemp not with cannabis.
And what, pray tell Jesco – *is* hemp?
Jesco a simple goigle search will provide all you need.
And are you aware that cannabis and henp are one and the same plant?
Jesco, is it possible that if cannabis is legalized, regulated and taxed that your cousin would get up off his arse, get a job to pay for it? Because in this country, I’d say it’d be expensive so the only people who will be able to pay for it, are the workers.
My point is that you can manufacture products using hemp without legalising cannabis to get the country whacked out of their minds.
I think you have to look at the bigger picture, yes for a long time it may not prove to be a good thing and you will have the regular users abusing it even more but the problem is not actually with the drug itself but more so to do with the drug culture i.e. young people buying it from older dealers and not knowing where it was grown, how strong it is etc… If it is regulated and categorized into different strengths (like alcohol) then awareness will hopefully prove to be a positive force.
Personally I don’t consume it any more as in my youth I did over do it and developed cannabis psychosis which was not a nice experience at all. Doctors told me that it was because I have a naturally high level of dopamine production and as cannabis encourages dopamine production that I actually overdosed my brain which started causing bad hallucinations and made me more aware of my elevated heart levels which then led to panic attacks… I must stress however that I was smoking heavily on a daily basis.
On the other side of that, infrequent use does make the mind highly creative and some of the greatest, songs, books, movies, inventions were dreamt up by people who used cannabis. Steve Jobs from Apple in his younger days was a frequent user of pot and I’m sure with a bit of research you could find many other iconic figures that owe a fraction of their achievements to the use of pot or some other so called dirty drug.
And I think it is very biassed Jesco White to base your conclusion of the negatives/benefits of a naturally growing plant on the antics of your cousin.
@ Shanti …You should be embarrassed after that, the last sentence really displays the cringe worthy irony… tool!
Congratulations, rather than refute you skipped straight to the personal attacks. Well done, you win the Internet :)
It is amazing how alcohol is so accepted when it kills hundreds of thousands all over the world every year…..ZERO marajuana deaths every year…….laughable to be honest.
Zero deaths from marajuana every year? It’s a while since I last heard of the reps from Heineken & guinness taking each other in turf warfare
And yet we have out “leaders” “debating” this issue and ending up with “i smoked a joint once and got an awful whitie and spent two hours on the big white telephone to god therefore I feel that this evil weed is blah blah blah gateway blah blah meth blah blah blah injecting into your groin on the Lisa blah blah blah blah smelly hippies blah blah robbing your grannys false teeth for a joint zzzzzzzzzzzzzz” lets go to the bar…
Would that not be negated by legalising it?
My comment was directed at Glen btw
A new holiday spot ! Sweet!!!!
Too right, Cannabis Cup 2014 here I come :)
Are ya listening Edna?
He only listens to Angela.
I listened.
Your voice sounds like mine and it was in my head.
Weird.
It’s weird that, because there are many places in Germany where you can purchase cannabis just like in the Netherlands.. They tend to be the parts closer to the Netherlands – but there are coffee shops in Germany..
Any educated person knows this is the way forward. Weed has so much positives but propaganda and ignorance makes it out to to be the bogey man. Sick of “all these drugs are bad”shite..all the legal and taxed drugs are just fantastic for you arent they? You are free to do as we tell you.
Seems like a very good idea once its strictly controlled and kept well away from the minors.The dirty drink is a lot more destructive than the old herbs.
lucky bastarrds !
The dependency they’re referring to is just exacerbated by the fact that every time a minor is caught with weed in most states the judge overs them the choice of treatment or jail. In other words total BS
Whats this? Common sense coming from ‘Muricia? I never thought I’d see the day.
Fair play to them.
Smart decision there, sense to be had in Colorado.
weed the writing on the wall
reduce the use of alcohol…
Rocky mountain HIGH,
These comments just go to show what a nation of pot heads we are
You sound like a lad who needs a joint,
Hey hey hey! What are you trying to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Starvin
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Well that would be a good thing would it not? Our body’s are set up to receive cannabinoids, hence the fact there are specific receptors in the nervous system for it..
It’s a far more unnatural state to be without the stuff..
Yeah, you just keep on smoking’ there, Shanti. Amazing the mad sort of stuff you’ll believe / make up.
Bruno Shanti is correct and you sir need to educate yourself before commenting the usual bullshit rhetoric.
Do you know cannabis can cure certain cancers – I doubt it. But then, why would you, you ignorant mouth piece.
But when you do figure it out, maybe you will then see why it is kept illegal for the vast majority of us. God forbid someone you love will need cannabis one day to help their condition, whatever it is.
What part of my statement do you take issue with Bruno?
Do you not realise that there are sites in your brain which are activated and deactivated by cannabinoids (such as those found in cannabis)??
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinoid_receptor
Forgive the wiki – purely intended as a starting point for you to do some research and educate yourself out of the abject ignorance you are displaying here.
Yeah Bruno, just keep believing the horseshit that the mainstream media have been shovelling for years, whereas shanti is stating scientific fact, our bodies are designed to receive cannabinoids and flax seeds , as a preventative for cancer, bowel disorders and many other disorders, nothing comes close, its a shame that so many people still have their heads up their asses where facts are concerned!.
Its amazing how ignorant and uneducated people . . .go back to looking at page 3 of the Sun and drinking your cans if you cant keep up on the comments section
If ur stoned u might let slip who u really are!?
^ @ Just Chief Now
Cannabis oil. The ignorant on this subject need to read up on it. Aside from all the hemp products the medicinal side alone should speak volumes of how important this plant is. I am an avid supporter of it, I know it works because I use it. Pharma companies would be a thing of the past. No more taking poison to combat the poison the doctors prescribe.
excellent common sense coming from america at last. maybe now they build better cars and I wont have to drive german anymore
Free the weed
Shanti seems to be one of the many who understands the actual good this God given plant can provide and we have countless governments and C.E.O’s of big pharma co’s who would rather keep us in the dark.Reason being they cannot patent it,therefore no profits to be had.So what do they do..Ban it,make it illegal.IT IS A PLANT GIVEN TO US BY NATURE.If they could they would try to stop the rain falling
Hard to believe it’s happening in such a right wing country! im damn jealous too! Logic in action is a great thing.
Great way to get the stoners to pay taxes. I wonder can we do the same with jerking off?
There goes the neighbourhood
Now on my must see holiday list!
Well done Colorado! The first domino has fallen, the rest of the world are watching closely and when they see that the sky doesn’t fall and there’s so many benefits to be acheived by ending cannabis prohibition, they’ll follow suit.
Join Students for Sensible Drug Policy if you want to help change these archaic laws.
http://www.facebook.com/SSDPIreland
Thought they weren’t due to open until April 20th.
I wish Irish politicians in the main parties would look into the many benefits of doing this. Instead, al we have got is the very uneducated comments from all the mainstream parties to Ming Flanagan’s bill.
If Ireland had a referendum on following Colorado’s model I think many people would be surprised at the % in favour. Let’s do it !!
Ireland loves soap bars.
Would like to see a review on this in 6 months!
So am I, an employment boost, increased tax revenues, a drop in the level of violent crime & domestic abuse and so many other benefits to be acheived.
The only way forward is clubs for swingers ,with special offers for newly weds
This is good.
There’s too much propaganda out there about how this is a great drug. It’s not that great ya know. It has been known to have some serious side effects.
Could you please list some that are conclusively linked to cannabis and cannabis alone?
Google Side Effects of Cannabis. I’m not your teacher or doctor.
But… between 20% and 30% of users experience anxiety attacks after smoking cannabis. That’s huge.
Some heavy users start experiencing anxiety attacks after they stop taking cannabis for a while, which might suggest some sort of long term chemical changes to the brain.
Jack I get anxious if there’s no bacon in the morning. I’m pretty sure the delicious bacon has had some long term effect on brain making me constantly enjoy bacon.
Nice to know you are campaigning against legal bacon.
Smoking cannabis can cause an overproduction of insulin, causing a temporary hypoglycaemic reaction as the blood sugar levels drop. This contributes to the ‘whitey’ experience. A feeling of disorientation and uncertainty. Also provoking hunger as the body looks to replenish sugar levels – The Munchies’. It is not dangerous, but can be unpleasant. A handful of jelly beans or a few slugs of lucozade will help.
Just came back from the shops with skips, perri spicy rings and terry’s chocolate orange minis. That’ll satisfy me.
I had an anxiety attack about 10 years ago. I couldn’t breath properly and my heart was beating really really fast and I thought I was going to die. I collapsed on the floor. It lasted for about 3 or 4 minutes then it took me hours to fully recover. I felt exhausted after it. I hadn’t taken cannabis or anything. Hasn’t happened since thank god. I’ve heard of people regularly getting them. That would be a living nightmare.
Taking cannabis is like playing Russian Roulette with your mental health. Personally I wouldn’t want to risk getting another anxiety attack. I got one without cannabis.
Of course everyone gets little mini mini anxiety attacks all the time like “Oh dam I left the immersion on. Ahh”
I get anxiety attacks from caffeine, as do many people I have learned.. Caffeine is in many freely available products such as coca cola, tea, solpadeine, coffee – and in high doses can be lethal – but it’s legal..
You can have anxiety attacks if you’re running low on vitamin B as well.
With regards mental health – did the evidence not show that in persons predisposed to mental illness cannabis *could* act as a trigger? Because this is not the same as “playing Russian roulette with your mental health”.
We have, on the other hand, a far more toxic and dangerous product, legal, regulated and on sale to adults who are made very aware of the consequences.
They can purchase alcohol by % of volume, they know that the drinks they buy come from manufacturers who have quality control.
When it comes to cannabis (and for the record – most other illegal recreational drugs) the majority of harms come from the fact that they are buying from the black market. No quality controls leads to contaminations, people being unaware of what exactly they are getting – or how strong it may be. When you hear of deaths it’s usually with the caveat of there being a “dodgy batch” going around.
Prohibition doesn’t work, regulation is the only sensible way to go. For the sake of public safety, and taking the revenue away from criminal gangs, not to mention free the Gardaí to do what they’re actually paid to do – protect people from crime (as opposed to protecting them from themselves).
How would you know Jack ? If you have not took canabis and had a severe anxiety attack ?
Maybe you should try cannabis for your condition.
@fred whitey’s! Brilliant,just make sure you’re sitting down.
Your dead right Jack…. you most certainly are not a doctor or teacher! Simply telling people to google side effects is a poor argument. Alcohol causes brain, liver, kidney and nerve damage, regularly induces vomiting and occasionally death and is still socially acceptable so you gotta do better than a little anxiety
Their building houses out of hemp in Scotland called hempcrete its a carbon neutral house that plant has some amazing properties.
Ha ….. Love the picture of the 3 guys in the suits …. Still couldn’t look more like stoners !!
I wonder how ‘high’ the prices are.
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